Shanghai Industrial Technology Institute (SITI) was established on August 22nd, 2012. On the opening ceremony, Mr. Gang WAN, Minister of Science and Technology, and Vice Chairman of 12th CPPCC sent his letter of congratulations, and Ms. Yicui YIN, at that time Deputy Party Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Committee attended the ceremony and unveiled the opening board. Mr. Xiaoming SHEN, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal Government attended the ceremony and delivered a speech. The establishment of SITI is a very important measure to carry out the spirit of the National and Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Innovation conferences, and it is an important deployment of Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC and Shanghai Municipal Government to strengthen generic technology R&D and services and to construct the applied technology innovation system, catering for the urgent need of leading the enhancement of self-innovation capacity, realizing innovative transformation and industrial upgrading, as well as further deepening science and technology system and mechanism reform. SITI would make solid steps towards constructing science and technology collaboration platforms, accelerating achievement application and transferring, and realizing science and technology system and mechanism innovations.